The Easyhoon Experiment - Page 2

On January 09 2015 14:39 Slusher wrote:
For me the last section is more of an indictment on KDA than an indicator of Easyhoon's skill

Oh, and, the sentence, "Faker would get all the fans and praise, killing his foes in glorious duels with his shining blade of glory" is a bit awkward.

I'm a fairly critical reader, and the fact that there were only two things that bugged me about your article really speaks volumes of your skill at writing.

On January 09 2015 14:45 Fionn wrote:


Yes and no. I don't really think KDA is always the 100 indicator of skill -- see Cop's KDA lowering but becoming a better player -- but I'm a stats guy. I've always thought Easyhoon was an extremely good player. Not flashy, but really good. There is a reason why SKT T1 S, through their boring style centered, made it all the way to the semifinals and one game away from the finals.

Now with the season upon us, the opening match against NaJin e-mFire summed up Faker and Easyhoon's relationship perfectly. Faker, playing a bit arrogant, first-picked Xerath and let the NaJin team counter-pick him. On a siege champion that needs the right team composition and support to work well, Faker and the rest of SKT were trounced in the first game against Ggoong's Zed-led NaJin team.

Easyhoon, playing in the second game, waited till the last pick of the draft and chose Xerath. On the slow-moving, siege tank-like champion, Easyhoon crushed NaJin, picking up the MVP award for the game and getting SKT back into the series.

So with Easyhoon picking up a big win with his safe, simple style, and Faker falling on his face with a bit of arrogance, who did SKT choose to go with in the end? With the series on the line, SKT went with Faker, pushing Easyhoon back on the bench and letting their crown jewel have one last shot at redeeming himself.

Faker, being Faker, did just that – he picked the same LeBlanc that crushed Easyhoon in the two player's first meeting, and did the same thing against NaJin. Easyhoon, sitting from the sidelines, watched as Faker picked up the first Pentakill of the season and gained the attention for his amazing play. Easyhoon might have chipped away at the wall, but Faker was the one who finally broke it down.

On January 09 2015 14:50 Slusher wrote:


I mean if you want to talk about getting deep into the playoffs, a guy referenced in that section, Ggoong, got his team into a finals by killing himself to remove double buffs from ambition.

A play that moved him further from being player B on the chart but got his team one round further in the playoffs.

Wow, I don't remember that play. Do you mind linking it if it's available anywhere?

On January 09 2015 14:49 fanaticus wrote:
I really don't understand the hate for SKT T1 S... Yes, they were boring. Yes, they had a tendency to lose early game hard and stall games out, but Europe's darling CLG EU were known for just that also. Their play styles are actually extremely similar in my mind, but CLG EU is remembered fondly while SKT T1 S is not.

The irrational hatred of SKT T1 S really seems to just stem from the fact that they emerged during SKT T1 K's slump and SKT T1 fans were frustrated that it wasn't K and Faker up there in the semi-finals.

On January 09 2015 14:52 fanaticus wrote:


I mean if you want to talk about getting deep into the playoffs, a guy referenced in that section, Ggoong, got his team into a finals by killing himself to remove double buffs from ambition.

A play that moved him further from being player B on the chart but got his team one round further in the playoffs.

Wow, I don't remember that play. Do you mind linking it if it's available anywhere?

On January 09 2015 14:52 Fionn wrote:


It's because Marin was a 'bust' for not being the next Faker/Flame, H0R0 was never that exciting, and the bottom lane were guys who had already been passed around NaJin and CTU. I would compare S to Greece from when they won the European Championship. An underdog team that played to their strengths to beat more talented teams, but got roasted by casual fans for being too boring or not playing fast pace enough.

KT Arrows were the exact opposite. They had all the talent in the world, but really bad strategies and planning half the time. If SKT T1 S had beaten Arrows, I think they could have given Blue a shot at their money. Obviously glad that didn't happen, seeing as A vs. Blue was the series of the year.

On January 09 2015 14:55 Ansibled wrote:


I imagine you feel that way with a lot of Blaze games though.

On January 09 2015 15:00 Fionn wrote:


No lie, they went down 2-0 and felt like shit. I really wanted to see Blaze back in a Spring final. Then the come back happened, I was happy as hell and then Emperor had his godly Draven game. Game five comes. Ambition gets the kill on Watch. I am going crazy and screaming in my apartment.

Ggoong takes away the double buffs. Lustboy has a lackluster game. Flame's teleport on Jax gets stopped. Everything falls apart. White Shield stomps to a victory. I passed out at like 6:00 AM when the games were over and it was the worst I had ever felt about a LoL series in my life. MVP Ozone's 3-0 was nothing compared to the White Shield heartbreak.

On January 09 2015 15:04 JL13 wrote:


And then you realize it's Ambition's Le Blanc. I have no idea why Blaze would ever try to go for the "let's outplay assassin extraordinaire Ggoong strategy." Game was over before it started barring some Flame miracle.